A qualitative study of the responsibilities and unmet needs of carers of persons with severe mental health challenges
Family carers have no reasonable alternative but to take over the responsibility of caring. Caring is exhausting work and carers struggle to cope with the challenges of caring to the point where they become mentally unwell themselves. Therefore, carers need to be treated as secondary consumers.
Authors
- Anton Isaacs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1804-5130)
- Caroline Lambert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5442-711X)
- Sharon Lawn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5464-8887)
- A. Dyer
Institutions
- Flinders University (AU)
- O'Brien Institute (AU)
- MIT University (MK)
- Latrobe Regional Hospital (AU)
- Atlas of Living Australia (AU)
- Tandem Diabetes Care (United States) (US)
- Abbotsford Veterinary Clinic (CA)
- Monash University (AU)
- RMIT University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Mental Health
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2025.2558501
- Primary Topic
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00